- seizin
- noun see seisin
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
seizin
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Seizin — Sei zin, n. [F. saisine. See {Seize}.] 1. (Law) Possession; possession of an estate of froehold. It may be either in deed or in law; the former when there is actual possession, the latter when there is a right to such possession by construction… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
seizin — var of seisin Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. seizin … Law dictionary
seizin — seizin; dis·seizin; … English syllables
seizin — [sē′zin] n. [ME seisine < OFr saisine < saisir: see SEIZE] Law legal possession, esp. of a freehold state … English World dictionary
Seizin Press — The Seizin Press was a small press, founded in 1927 by Laura Riding and Robert Graves in London. From 1930 to 1937 it operated out of Majorca.Besides work by Graves and Riding, it published Gertrude Stein, Len Lye and James Reeves. It ceased on… … Wikipedia
seizin — /see zin/, n. Law. 1. (originally) possession of either land or chattel. 2. the kind of possession or right to possession characteristic of estates of freehold. Also, seisin. [1250 1300; ME < OF saisine, equiv. to sais(ir) to SEIZE + ine INE2] *… … Universalium
seizin — sei·zin || sɪËzɪn n. possession, ownership; ownership of a freehold estate (Law) … English contemporary dictionary
seizin — noun variant spelling of seisin … English new terms dictionary
seizin — sei•zin [[t]ˈsi zɪn[/t]] n. seisin … From formal English to slang
seizin — /ˈsizən/ (say seezuhn) noun → seisin …
